How To Grow and Propagate Bamboo from Culm Cuttings
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 มี.ค. 2018
- There are numerous ways to grow and propagate bamboo, however, not all methods work with each type.
Every bamboo can be grown and propagated by taking divisions, as I've shown in my previous videos. In this video, recorded in March 2017, I demonstrate how to make culm cuttings which when buried will produce roots and thus grow into a new bamboo.
Now mind you this method does not work for any running species of bamboo, and it does not work for all types of clumping bamboos. The bamboo used in this video is Dendrocalamus validus, a large tropical clumping bamboo native to Asia. I've also successfuly performed this method on Bambusa dissimulator, Bambusa lako, Bambusa vulgaris and Bambusa vulgaris vittata.
Sorry about the video volume in the beginning. I guess being that far away from the GoPro means I need to speak up next time!
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Wow l too love bamboo plant and ever willing to multiply them to provide an improved microclimate in Uganda
Thanks very much yours is the most helpful and well explained videos on propagating bamboo. I have three main ones I would like to propagate and they are D~latafloris, D~black Asper and Oldhamii . Hope your onto it I will try it and cross my fingers....just love this stuff
Should work for all three.
I think it may help to start rooting if you scrape the outer area around the node. (It was recommended in another YT video). I haven't tried it, but would give it a shot if I were attempting to do this.
I recently watched a video on air layering bamboo where they used a rooting hormone powder after cutting into the node area and may try this with my next batch!
Thanks for the info! Trying this on some running bamboo in my MIL's backyard! It's growing wild there so she's going to get rid of it so I thought I'd take some for some experimenting! *Crosses fingers*
Sorry to say but this method only work with clumping types of bamboo. You can however take divisions of the running bamboo that you can repot and start your own stands with. Cut the culm down to about 6 feet, trim off excess branching and leaves and dig in a circle at least 12-18" around the culm I'd possible to get as much rhizome as you can
@@fatbuddhaboo Aw, that's unfortunate...I already potted the cuttings I took so I think I'll just keep them and see what happens. I tried to dig up and pot a rhizome about a month ago, but it was only about 1.5 feet tall and dried up almost immediately. Unfortunately, I don't know if my garden can house something as large as a 12-18" potted 6 foot bamboo at the moment! I appreciate the information though!
@@iivirulentii you could try cutting it down shorter, won't hurt it and it might even improve the chance for success. Try two or three feet with as much rhizome as you can get. Once potted or in in the ground keep the ground wet (but not flooded) by watering every day. Should survive.
I've also had some success lying longer cuttings on their side in a shallow trench. I drilled some holes in and poured water into them occasionally.
Hey David, thanks for the comments. Do you recall what variety it was?
Sorry Scott, I don't know. I rescued them from an abandoned property. They have yellow and green vertical stripes. The ones I'm about to separate and propagate cuttings from are a good 10 metres tall. They are quite common here in Australia.
Great video, can I take cuttings from young clumping bamboo?
Cheers.. 👍
2nd best video I saw on clumping? In TampaBay Florida, can i do this outside?
Thanks for the compliment!
Yes, you absolutely can do this same thing in the Tampa Bay area. I'm in Jacksonville and I know of a few others in the Tampa area that have done the same.
Scott, I like your video, but barely hear anything (except a part with the saw) :(
Artek338 yeah. My apologies as I didn't realize the sound wouldnt pick up with the go pro. I had to turn my speakers all the way up...
Future ones will be better, I promise!
Hmm, I'll have to experiment and see if that's what's I did or not. Thanks!
can you make a update and how long before you pull the bamboo out I use your method in my bamboo is growing but I don't know when to separate them
@@aceace2625 there's a follow up video posted that may help. Honestly when I go to do this again I'll use separate pits for each division.
Look at meh big floppy blade! No but really thanks for this video it showed exactly what I needed!
did this work? is this running bamboo? heard running bamboo wont grow out of the internodes where buds are like a clumping one will
Scott, thanks for the video. Will this "culm cutting" method work for clumping bamboo - specifically, Graceful Bamboo | (Bambusa Textilis Gracilis)? Thanks.
Gilbert Benavides , I have not tried it with Gracilis, as typically I just take divisions from that one. Guess I need to experiment one day, but I know it works with B. Lako, B. Dissimulator, B. Oldhammi, B. Vulgaris and many Dendrocalamus species
Tropical Bamboo in Florida propagates gracilis via this method
Thank you for the info, Scott! Do you know if this works for Emerald Bamboo also? I've been looking online and haven't had luck with an answer.
It's on my list to try this summer. Some bamboo have better success dependent on time of year. I'm going to follow what was posted at this website where he propagated B. Textilis Gracilis in a similar manner.
papagomez.com.au/2016/05/how-to-successfully-propagate-gracilis-bamboo-from-cuttings/
@@fatbuddhaboo Thanks, Scott! Looking forward to how it works out for you
@@fatbuddhaboo any updates on Gracilis??
Can we do that with younger bamboo or the upper part that's smaller in dia?
I've found much better success with cuttings from the sections of the lower two thirds.
If a neighbor cut a bunch of bamboo and left it out in a trash pile for 3 days in Florida.. any chance to have success with it?
Scott, looking for your video you mentioned about propagating multiplex by cuttings. Can't find it. Saw by dividing but not culm cuttings.
I've heard that multiplex does not propagate by node cuttings; only rhizome divisions
Not sure how I missed this comment. I've successfully propagated Multiplex varieties using the whole culm burial method. Simply cut an entire culm from the mother plant, trim the branching to leave one or two at each node, then bury the whole culm a few inches in the ground, leaving the branches sticking up. Rooting should occur in a few months. Can't recall what time of year it best...trial and error may be in order to achieve success.
Does orientation matter when planting? I had a cutting with 2 nodes, but must have planted it upside down because the new branches from the top node are pointed downwards
I always try to ensure the orientation of the cutting when planted is the same as it was when it was attached to the parent plant.
It's possible it may correct itself, but not sure as I've never experienced this.
It corrects itself...
Which will be the best season to plant?
Being a grass bamboo can be planted at any time, especially if it's an established potted plant.
It would be nice if your audio sounds are much better.
What do suggest in doing this w/out a greenhouse?
Good question! What I've done in the past is build a frame with PVC that is big enough to cover the container(s) the cuttings are in then cover that with plastic to keep the humidity and moisture up. In doing this though you must make sure it gets no direct sunlight as this would result in you "cooking" the cuttings.
@@fatbuddhaboo Thank you!
So you burry the internode under the surface, but make sure to keep the branches above surface?
Yes, keeping the section where the branch attached to the culm buried as well. If there's a lot of branching remove all but one or two branches.
Thanks. Isnt it best to keep them in pure shade the whole time? Looks like you just put them straight into direct sun like normal?
@@norcalpacific they were in sun for the video. While rooting they were in the safe of some other bamboo
I have black clumping bamboo. Its much smaller than yours. Can I do the same?
Does it appear almost purplish, with green stripes? If so then that is Bambusa Lako and yes this method would work. You could also use cuttings from the branching in the same manner.
@@fatbuddhaboo thanks for the reply it looks similar but the for the one I have is called 'phyllostachys nigra' .
@@trojan550 Then unfortunately the answer is no. Bamboo in the Phyllostachys family do not propagate in this manner. And it is not a clumper either, it is a runner. If it's a newer planting the new culms will pop close to the original division, but eventually it will start popping up in all directions 6 feet or more away. With runners the old saying is first year it sleeps, second year it creaps, third year it leaps!
The way to get more bamboo is through pure division of an existing culm and rhizome mass or digging a section of rhizome that is running and replanting it
Does this method work with Giant Moso timber Bamboo.
Unfortunately this works primarily with tropical clumping varieties. Moso is a running type and does best by straight division.
Can't hear you. Need a better mike. I can hear the saw
Share result plz
I already did here th-cam.com/video/3bWldtrI3II/w-d-xo.html
I'd love to learn something from this video but I cannot hear you.
Too much moisture gives you rotting
Yeah, that's a problem at times, especially during the Florida rainy season
I can't hear you!!!
Yeah, I know, sorry about that. I'll make another one soon
@@fatbuddhaboo Thanks Scott! I had no Idea you could propagate bamboo like that. We own several properties and have always had trouble paying $30 to $50 for bamboo plants, had i known this I could have saved hundreds!
@@traskstoneworks yeah, this only works with the tropical clumpers by the way. Dendrocalamus varieties are pretty simple as is Bambusa vulgaris and a few others. Multiplex varieties in my experience work better with whole culm burial. Also time of year does play a factor, and some said summer works best for Bambusa textilis varieties and to take the division during a full moon. So yeah, that's my next attempt this year.
@@fatbuddhaboo thanks again Scott!
That’s not a branch it’s a chute
Actually shoots are new culms growing. These were cuttings from a two year old culm. Same method can be used with Dendrocalamus species using branch node cuttings